Development policy discussions in Eurasia often become debates about how economies can be made more diversified. For a region that is resource-rich, this is to be expected. But Eurasian economies have in many ways become less diversifi ed during the past two decades. At the same time, people are much better off today than they were in the 1990s: ......
Entrepreneurship is a fundamental driver of growth, development, and job creation. While Latin America and the Caribbean has a wealth of entrepreneurs, firms in the region, compared to those in other regions, are small in size and less likely to grow or innovate. Productivity growth has remained lackluster for decades, including during the recent ......
This is a pocket edition of the Global Financial Development Database, published as part of the work on the Global Financial Development Report 2014: Financial Inclusion. It contains 38 indicators of financial development in 205 economies, including measures of financial depth, access, efficiency, and stability of financial institutions and ......
Climate change is the defining development challenge of our time. More than a global environmental issue, climate change and variability threaten to reverse recent progress in poverty reduction and economic growth. Both now and over the long run, climate change and variability threatens human and social development by restricting the fulfillment ......
A Multimedia Sourcebook on Adaptive and Proactive Strategies
This multimedia sourcebook on CD-ROM synthesizes an extensive body of knowledge and experience in managing urban slums accumulated over the last 30 years. The key lessons learned and their implications for future work serve as a useful tool for capacity building and knowledge sharing for policy makers, practitioners, planning institutions, ......
This book reviews existing risk mitigation instruments--guarantee and insurance products--primarily focusing on those offered by multilateral and bilateral official agencies, and presents with case transactions recent trends and developments that make these instruments conducive in securing financing for infrastructure projects in developing ......
Mejorar La Eficacia de la Asistencia En La Lucha Contra El Vih/Sida
Este trabajo evalua la eficacia de la asistencia que el Banco Mundial entrega a los paises en materia de VIH/SIDA, la cual consiste en dialogos para la formulacion de politicas, trabajos analiticos y financiamiento y cuyo objetivo explicito es la mitigacion del alcance o el impacto de la epidemia del SIDA. Constituye la primera revision exhaustiva ......
